Thanks again for the well wishes.

I woke up to jewelry in bed, flowers in the afternoon and Tay is in the kitchen whipping up an awesome meal for dinner. Sarah's French onion soup, a pork tenderloin with an apple, sage and cream sauce, polenta with mascarpone cheese and some grilled fennel. Topped off with a 4 layer, double chocolate, Amaretto cake with chocolate mousse and vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream!!! Not to brag or anything, but it smells like heaven over here. :)

Did Blue really make all of that? When I get rich, he shall be my chef and you shall be my royal froster.

Now I KNOW all the rides in Tandyland are in good working order. Blue makes sure of it!

Happy Birthday again.. Tandygirl!!!

*leans into monitor... inhales deeply...god that food smells good!

But what I want to know is... did Blue dance? Did you get video?

And regarding your age... handle it the way my husband does..he's on his twenty something 29th birthday. Wow.. that makes me .......

Yes Jess, he made allll that, well, I made the cake but he did the rest. Sarah that soup recipe was the BOMB! Yeah I said it, the BOMB! So full.....can hardly type.



Aye Basil, I got the report back from the work crew Tandyland is OK to go. .)



I hear you Kelly, I have been celebrating " Anniversaries of my 30th birthday for a while" lol

easy fixed! you are only as old as you think you are. so if you think you are 29 yrs old, you probably are! (dunno why i'm saying this, i'm only in my mid-twenties LOL)

Jewlery in the morning and flowers in the afternoon...Nice Tay. HA, glad the soup was the BOMB ;) funny, I made it yesterday as well...twilight-ey...but mine didn't come with jewels. pfft.

Happy Birthday Tandy! I may need this soup recipe...

Recipe straight from my lips ;)

I LOVE this soup, and this coming from someone who really doesn’t like onions...raw anyways...Tastes great reheated the next day, too, if you end up with leftovers :) The trick to this is letting the onions get carmalized without burning, that's where all the flavor comes from. Stir the heck out of it.

6 tablespoons butter
8 small size onions, sliced thinly
4 thyme sprigs, leaves stripped
½ cup sherry (optional)
4 cups chicken stock
2 cups veal or beef stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
French bread croutons or slices
2 cups grated Gruyere cheese, OR Mozzerella mixed with a couple T of Parmesan EDIT from the one you got Tandy: Mix of Fontina and Smoked mozzerella...OMG

In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, add butter and melt over medium heat. Add the onions and lower the heat to medium low. Add the thyme leaves and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions start to turn golden brown, about 25 minutes. Add the sherry (if you use it) and cook until the sherry is almost completely evaporated and the onions are brown, about 15 minutes.

Add the stocks and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Ladle the soup into 8 oven-proof soup bowls. Place the soup bowls on a sheet pan. Place the croutons (or bread slices) on top of the soup, to cover. Top each bowl with ½ cup grated cheese. Place in the oven and cook until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly, about 10 minutes.

happy b-day...................hope it was good